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NHK World International News Channel Offered on Android Devices

English language channel to be available free globally

TOKYO – Japan’s public broadcaster is to make its international English-language news service NHK World, available free on mobile devices that use the Android OS.

The news, documentary and culture channel is already available on computers and iPhones, and it hopes the wider distribution “will reach millions of additional viewers across the globe,” according to an NHK statement.

This Android service will only be available to overseas viewers initially, but NHK (known officially in English as Japan Broadcasting Corporation) said in a statement that it “plans to introduce it in Japan once stability of system is confirmed.”